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In this diary-like memoir, composed of his most poignant and insightful journal entries, The Intimate Merton lays bare the steep ways of Thomas Merton's spiritual path. Culled from the seven volumes of his personal journals, this twenty nine year chronicle deepens and extends the story Thomas Merton recounted and made famous in The Seven Storey Mountain. This book is the spiritual autobiography of our century's most celebrated monk — the

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With the election of a new Abbot at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton enters a period of unprecedented freedom, culminating in the opportunity to travel to California, Alaska, and finally the Far East – journeys that offer him new possibilities and causes for contemplation. In his last days at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton continues to follow the tumultuous events of the sixties, including the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert...

"The untold story of celebrated Catholic monk Thomas Merton, and his transformation from a troubled man of the cloth to an enlightened disciple of God"--Jacket.

Collection of personal notes and meditations set down during about five years in the monastery of Gethsemani.

"Chronicles the approach of Merton's fiftieth birthday and marks his move to Mount Olivet ... his hermitage at the Abbey of Gethsemani."--Jacket.